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1. 

   Laine Williams January 3, 2023 at 7:08am

   Thank you so much!

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      Lia Griffith January 3, 2023 at 9:25am

      @Laine Williams

      You are welcome!

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   Laine Williams December 31, 2022 at 12:02pm

   Hi, I can’t get the video to show up. I tried to look under the Members Make tab but I didn’t see this flower on there. Do the videos expire after a certain period of time? thank you!

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      Lia Griffith December 31, 2022 at 6:54pm

      @Laine Williams

      Hmmm. That is interesting. I see the video under the lost of tools and materials. You can also view it on YouTube. Here is a link for that. https://youtu.be/suH9k3LHKj8

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   Joyce Migliore May 8, 2022 at 8:54am

   Could you tell me what size these come out to be! Thank you!

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      Lia Griffith May 9, 2022 at 1:52pm

      @Joyce Migliore

      There are about 6 inches of the flowering stem. You can get an idea of the size from the photo with the hand holding a stem. Hope that helps.

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   Luke Dawson April 17, 2022 at 4:15pm

   Hi! I absolutely loved making this lilac, thank you so much! I was wondering if there’s a better way to apply the paint though. I’ve tried several ways but I can’t stop the paint from getting on the individual stems! Then after so much ch time and effort, the paint is kind of ruining my finished product. ☹️ Is there something I’m missing or doing wrong? Thanks!

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      Lia Griffith April 18, 2022 at 8:41am

      @Luke Dawson

      One of the things that we liked about the Design Master tint spray paint is that it would darken the crepe so the green stems would not lighten. When you spray the opaque paint, it will, unfortunately, change the color of the stems. See if you can cover the stems with paper or mask it with painter’s tape.

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   Kathryn Caulfield March 31, 2022 at 9:49am

   These are beautiful. I am looking for inspiration to create stock stems and ran across this. I think by changing the tip of the stem to start with a cluster of buds before the flowers begin, it could be easily transformed into stock. Or, could work in my arrangement as is, just at the proper scale. Simply gorgeous.

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      Lia Griffith March 31, 2022 at 11:18am

      @Kathryn Caulfield

      Thanks! Maybe we can add Stock flowers to our list. 🙂

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6. 

   Grace Lowry March 11, 2022 at 11:38am

   Thank you! I was trying to reply to your reply but for some reason was unable to.

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      Lia Griffith March 13, 2022 at 10:41am

      @Grace Lowry

      You are so welcome!

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   Grace Lowry March 10, 2022 at 12:36pm

   I can’t find the Tint IT spray anywhere. Everywhere I look the plum and pinkolicious are out of stock. When do you recommend as as substitute?

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      Lia Griffith March 11, 2022 at 7:55am

      @Grace Lowry

      It seems they are out of stock on many colors. We are recommending the Liquetex brand paint as a backup. Their brilliant purple might work. https://www.dickblick.com/products/liquitex-professional-spray-paint/

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8. 

   Nancy Vandenplas August 17, 2021 at 11:11am

   It take a download even I already got this one. The name was not clear for me this was the same project. I downloaded 28/7 and today 😫

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      Lia August 17, 2021 at 1:00pm

      @Nancy Vandenplas

      Hi Nancy! The site resets every month and does not store downloads, so we recommend creating a folder on your computer for project downloads. If you downloaded this already, it should be saved to your downloads folder on your computer. We will go ahead and re-credit you one project download this time.

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9. 

   Carol May 13, 2021 at 6:50am

   What pinking sheers brand do you use for cutting crepe paper?
   Thank you,
   Carol

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      Lia Griffith May 13, 2021 at 9:05am

      @Carol

      We’ve loved the Fiskars brand, and also these new ones in our shop! https://feltpaperscissors.com/product/pinking-shears-zig-zag/

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    Karen Teng April 21, 2021 at 11:56am

    Are the Tint IT spray similar to the colortool sprays since I can no longer find the Tint IT sprays?

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       Lia Griffith April 25, 2021 at 6:43am

       @Karen Teng

       The TintIT sprays are a bit lighter and more sheer (and easier to layer) than the Colortool sprays, but you can use whatever you can find!

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    Francien Daniels-Webb February 13, 2021 at 1:53pm

    I don’t own a Cricut and I need advise on how it can save me time and being a member will I get the PDF’s for all the paper creations here as well as the felt creations.
    Which is the best machine that you use Lia and including your team and other members.
    I have absolutely no idea?
    I do hope you can all help me decide on what and which machine to buy. I only use my iPad am I right in thinking this won’t be used with any Cricut machine. I am very space poor?
    Regards from an Aussie on a 5 day lockdown here in Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 the southern most State on the Mainland
    Francien Daniels-Webb

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       Lia Griffith February 15, 2021 at 10:38am

       @Francien Daniels-Webb

       Hi Francien! Here is a video where we talk about the machines we recommend. https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/11-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-cutting-machine/
       However, all of our projects come with a PDF pattern, and most with the SVG. If you are thinking about becoming a member, we are offering the crepe paper flower master class again in May. In this 12 part class, I do highly suggest students hand-cut their flowers to get to know the paper. This is a perfect hobby for lockdown. 😉

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12. 

    sheahan Amerasinghe September 27, 2020 at 6:04pm

    Is there anything else you can use for if you don’t have mod podge?

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       Lia September 29, 2020 at 8:45am

       @sheahan Amerasinghe

       You can use white glue, or just skip the mod podge! The leaves will still look great without it.

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13. 

    sheahan Amerasinghe September 17, 2020 at 12:40am

    can you use panpastels aswell if you don’t have the spray ?

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       Lia September 17, 2020 at 9:03am

       @sheahan Amerasinghe

       Yes of course!

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       sheahan Amerasinghe September 20, 2020 at 7:16pm

       @sheahan Amerasinghe

       what colour panpastel should I use for the linen crepe paper?

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          Lia September 21, 2020 at 10:33am

          @sheahan Amerasinghe

          The magenta and the magenta tint would be great replacements for the spray!

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    sheahan Amerasinghe September 16, 2020 at 2:49am

    Is there a quick way to cut out the petals

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       Lia September 16, 2020 at 10:20am

       @sheahan Amerasinghe

       You can layer the crepe paper and cut a small stack of paper at a time (with sharp scissors)!

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15. 

    Jane Kubon July 23, 2020 at 4:15pm

    Hi Lia just joined as a member and made the orange branch which I’ve enjoyed making so much 😊I now want to try to make the lilac I’ve watched your video but it only shows how to make the leaf and then it goes onto the tints but nothing about making the actual lilac flower I’ve downloaded the pdf templet I cannot see any instructions either, I’ve looked on you tube also but can’t see it there either can you help me maybe I’m looking in wrong place thanks, Jane kubon

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       Lia July 24, 2020 at 9:20am

       @Jane Kubon

       Hi Jane!

       We show how to make the flower portion of the lilac from minute 4:30 to minute 23:00 in the video on the project page. 🙂

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    megan marshall May 17, 2020 at 6:18pm

    Good afternoon – Do you have a photo of how you put the centres together? I watched the YouTube video but that’s the only part was had to see! Thanks kindly.

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       Lia May 20, 2020 at 9:52am

       @megan marshall

       Hi Megan,

       We do not have a photo of how to put the centers together but I will do my best to explain. 🙂 Fold the center piece in half against the grain of crepe paper this is shown in the PDF template, fringe on the fold about 3/4 of the way down. Use white glue and wrap folded fringe around the tip of 24 gauge wire, slide petals onto wire using white glue to hold in place and pinch over base of center.

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          megan marshall May 27, 2020 at 12:51am

          @Lia

          Thank you! I am starting these tomorrow.

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    Veronica Donnelly April 30, 2020 at 1:50pm

    Lia, so excited for the the May Member Make!!! I have noticed depending on how your printer is configured the templates come out different sizes. It would be helpful to have size of petals and leaves etc. written on templates. Also is the degree of difficulty making different flowers listed on your website? I love your book. Thank you for sharing all your creativity!!!

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       Lia May 1, 2020 at 9:36pm

       @Veronica Donnelly

       Hi Veronica,

       We are also very excited for the May Member Make, the hibiscus is such a fun flower! When printing the template be sure you are printing at 100% or “Actual Size”, if you do this the pattern will be the correct size. A lot of our most recent flowers have the difficulty listed in the post, if you are looking for beginner flowers check out our getting started pages.

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    jennifer latkiewicz April 14, 2020 at 10:16pm

    Some of us have ADD and cannot get through an entire video (hehe) – would be great if you could release text step by step instructions along with video.. (and even better, exact 00:00 time of when you cover that step in the video)

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       Lia April 16, 2020 at 11:21am

       @jennifer latkiewicz

       Hi Jennifer,

       We will be adding photo tutorials to our member makes beginning with the member make for May! 🙂

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    Paula Bauer January 7, 2020 at 8:03pm

    This will be my first project from you website, and I am really excited to get started. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the “Thick Paper-Covered Wire Stems” (called Homework2 Green Floral Stem Wire 18 Gauge Wire 12 inch on the Amazon link, but the item has been unavailable there for quite some time now). These stems seem quite different than anything I have on hand or can find, so any suggestions about how to find them would be very helpful. Thanks so much!

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       Lia January 10, 2020 at 9:35am

       @Paula Bauer

       Hi Paula,

       We are hoping to get these stems in our shop very soon, in the meantime these stems are very similar but have a thicker wire in the middle. https://www.amazon.com/Bright-Creations-Floral-Flower-Wrapped/dp/B07TND3MN1/ref=pd_sbs_201_24?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07TND3MN1&pd_rd_r=39812d3e-382c-4ec9-83b8-717bbcdcda79&pd_rd_w=q1D0z&pd_rd_wg=k0NYx&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=3WVF7Y4Y570GQXA4VWP6&psc=1&refRID=3WVF7Y4Y570GQXA4VWP6

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    Pam Ditto September 6, 2019 at 6:09pm

    The “TintIT” spray is no longer available at the link and the Pinkalicious is $39 on amazon, do you have an idea for a substitution?

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       Lia September 9, 2019 at 9:37am

       @Pam Ditto

       Hi Pam! TintIT spray is also available at createforless.com and walmart.com for much cheaper than amazon! https://www.createforless.com/Design-Master-Tint-It-10-oz.-Pinkolicious/pid243059.aspx

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       Tina Levesque December 27, 2019 at 8:15am

       @Pam Ditto

       i live in Canada and cant find tint IT at all, even on amazon. is there another spray paint i could try? i have pan pastels so i was thinking of doing that instead.

       PS: please make blue crepe paper!!!

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          Lia December 27, 2019 at 10:11am

          @Tina Levesque

          Hi Tina,

          TintIT is made by Design Master. They have other brands of floral sprays, we would recommend looking for a retailer near you as any of design masters sprays will work on our crepe paper. We have not tried traditional spray paint, only paint made for fresh florals. PanPastels will also work! 🙂

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    Patricia Hochheiser July 30, 2019 at 9:31pm

    Why don’t you include a photo tutorial for the member make projects? I like to watch the video first then be able to refer to the photo tutorial as needed.

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       Lia August 2, 2019 at 10:14am

       @Patricia Hochheiser

       Hi Patricia,

       We try to make the live video as detailed as we can for you. We will keep your comment in mind for our future member make projects!

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       Carolyn Earley March 8, 2020 at 7:19pm

       @Patricia Hochheiser

       I agree with Patricia, I’m a fast learner and just want the highlights to refer to. I would like to know the dimensions of the stamen strip, no need to use SVG to cut that part. Love your lilacs!

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          Lia March 10, 2020 at 9:12am

          @Carolyn Earley

          Hi Carolyn,

          We have provided a PDF template for this flower where you can find the pattern for the stamen so you can cut by hand 🙂

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22. 

    Debra Greene May 21, 2019 at 3:28pm

    I’m making these flowers and I ran into something I can’t do ! How do you make the whole But enough to get the pedals on. If I use a needle it’s to small and I’ve tried just looking with the wire. It’s so hard not to tear the pedal. Did you guys do something different ?

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       Lia May 22, 2019 at 6:13am

       @Debra Greene

       We pushed the wire through the petal by twisting it slightly as you push it through… be gentle. If it would help you to make hole first, I would suggest using a Cricut weeding tool or the tip of one side of the detail scissors. You may also fold the petals in half and cut a very small hole in the center of the fold.

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    Edwina Bustamante May 18, 2019 at 12:07pm

    You know, I have every Lia Griffith tool, crepe paper, books etc. I am soooo afraid to try these or any flowers, but lilacs are my all time favorite flower. Maybe I can get enough gumption to give these a try! Very beautiful!

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       Lia May 18, 2019 at 3:31pm

       @Edwina Bustamante

       Ohh please give this a try! It’s obviously time consuming but once you get to making, there’s a lot of repetition (which we like to think of practicing making perfect 🙂 )

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24. 

    Sue REIFSCHNEIDER May 17, 2019 at 5:29pm

    When trying to watch your videos I am unable to bring the
    volume up where I can hear it.

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       Lia May 18, 2019 at 12:05pm

       @Sue REIFSCHNEIDER

       I’m sorry, Sue! It must be a setting on your computer or YouTube.

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25. 

    Eunice Matson May 17, 2019 at 11:13am

    I am a member but on the live sessions I am unable to send comments. It says to create a channel. How to do this? I am on several closed sites and I can comment on those. Why am I not able to comment on Lia’s live video.

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       Lia May 17, 2019 at 11:25am

       @Eunice Matson

       That’s controlled by YouTube– you have to follow their instructions to create a channel in order to comment.

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